Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
CERULEIN
Noun
cerulein (usually uncountable, plural ceruleins)
ceruletide
A fast dyestuff with chemical formula C20H8O6, made by heating gallein with strong sulfuric acid. It dyes mordanted fabrics green.
Source: Wiktionary
Ce*ru"le*in, n. [L. caeruleus sky-blue.] (Chem.)
Definition: A fast dyestuff, C20H8O6, made by heating gallein with strong sulphuric acid. It dyes mordanted fabrics green.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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